Moving to Nicaragua

My second to last post about Belkie and her sister receiving clean water was an answered prayer for me about my future with Amigos for Christ. Let me explain.

Back in January of this year while job hunting, I prayed very specifically for the Lord to open doors for me to lead worship again. All I knew is that the happiest and most fulfilled I had ever been was when I was actively involved in ministry, specifically, leading worship. So my prayer was simply, "Lord, please open these doors again."
Many of you know from reading this blog early on that my former roommate Jeremy Sutton had asked me to come down repeatedly through the years for a visit to see what Amigos for Christ was all about. Finally, my circumstances worked out that I could spend 4 months over the summer in Nicaragua working with Amigos for Christ, LEADING WORSHIP. When I started to fall in love with this place and it's people, I asked the Lord for something that would confirm within me that I was suppossed to take the open offer to move here and work with an amazing organization. That confirmation was the day Belkie and her sister received clean water. Not only was it what I prayed for, but it changed my life forever, as did many other things from my visit. What I experienced this summer, no one could ever have prepared me for. The only way I know how to express in writing is that my life changed forever. I came alive in a different way than I ever had before. This is not an overstatement. The Lord renewed in me a passion to see people hear, receive and be changed by the gospel. This friends, is what we were meant for, and after seeing it on a continual basis over the summer, I knew I wanted more.

This is the simplest way I know how to describe what happened to me. There are stories throughout this blog and that hopefully we will share in person one day that articulate this better but I am content for now by saying that the gospel is changing lives in Nicaragua, both for visiting Americans and Nicaraguans and I want to be here to continue to see it make this place flourish.

So with the treasure I found here, I'm selling what I have left and making this place my home for a while. As far as time goes, I am approaching this as I would a new employer. I have no plans to leave anytime soon. My encouragement for my supporters from this summer is to check out our website to create an awareness of what's going on here and what we do at amigosforchrist.org Also click on follow to the right to follow my blog for updates and read back a few entries to see what it was like for me this summer. The Lord is moving in Chinandega, Nicaragua and I just want to be here to see Him continue to change lives. I'm grateful He's allowing me to do that.

More to come.

Joey